Final Fantasy VII Squaresoft. Ok…first of all sorry for not having updated in quite a while but I had to move…then the comp was missing…now no internet…got a friend to lend me her comp so I'll be updating more often again…thanks for all your reviews as always!

Pleasant Sounds

Chapter 14

Sector 5

Vincent stood calmly as the final hour approached. He had his gun pulled out against the blonde girl's back. She was shivering and was in the edge of a nervous breakdown.

He looked at her a bit shameful but it was all the most necessary. He wanted to comfort her and tell her he didn't mean any real harm but that would have been stupid.

Barret and the others hied around the area, not specifically covering Vincent but mostly trying to figure out where they hide.

Some calm but firm foot steps suddenly echoed in the surrounding area. The tall dark man appeared under the light as he took a look at Vincent and grinned, he immediately turned back to signal the other to come out with the girl. Reno dragged Tifa who was most unwilling to do so but willing to meet her savior.

Rude stared at the girl and was pulling his mobile out.

"Don't!" added Vincent.

"It's just a phone…" he replied quite pissed.

"Was that Rude? Wanna ask about Helena's kidnapping?"

"Well yeah…maybe we should…"

Vincent pushed her forward.

"I suppose it obvious what I want in change…now put away that phone" he was getting nervous as the girl.

"You kidding? You wanna trade the brunette for a blonde…" Reno joked smiling.

"I don't think you're taking this seriously enough"

"Hum…" he pulled put his gun out.

"HEY!" yelled Vincent.

"Hey…what the…"

Reno pulled the trigger without hesitation and Helena's eyes were wide open…looking down to her blood…spreading all over and a sudden piercing pain…

Vincent backed in horror as the girl fell on her knees and finally lay dead on the ground.

Reno put his gun away with the same smirk.

"YOU DAMN BASTARD HOW…" Reno put a hand on Tifa's mouth.

"I'm sorry for Helena but sometimes that's the price for working in the SHINRA…now Valentine…where were we? Ah yes…you coming after your girl…ok…" he turned to face Rude.

"I suppose she was sacrificial," he added.

"You know the rules pal…now let me take care of the little pumpkin while you get rid of this bozo"

"We ain't suppose to kill him yet dork…remember what the boss said"

"Oh…damn"

The conversation was chilling, as they showed no interests for the girl's death.

"So Valentine…gosh what a name…where's the blueprints?"

Vincent regained somehow conscious of the situation but stared back at Reno still stunned.

"What?"

"You know what I'm talking about"

"Don't be ridiculous…what I'm I doing with that stuff…that wasn't even written in the letter…"

"It was obvious you arsehole!"

Vincent turned serious.

"I think Strife tricked you"

"Oh really!" Reno getting more than pissed shoot Vincent on the side missing him on purpose.

"Well guess where you and this bitch are going to end up to?!"

Barret was shivering with disgust but now that their hostage had been killed things were all messed up once again…

"Dammit Vince…got any extra plan?"

Vincent didn't answer, instead he walked towards them.

"Vince?!"

Reno pointed the gun at him.

"Now what do you think you're doing?" he smirked.

"You want the blueprints you need me alive…"

"You think you're going to give the orders?"

"That's not what I intended…let the go the girl and you can take me to where the prints are and waste me"

Rude scratched his head.

"How about that?"

"The boss wants you both…he wants to see you suffer!"

"What does she have to do in all of this?"

"Do I look like someone who cares?! I just killed a partner what makes you think killing someone else would be harder?"

Vincent's talk was getting nowhere and Barret himself was biting his upper lip just longing for a miracle.

A miracle indeed took place…

Two shots. Rufus was shot in the head and Reno in the arm as he had time to move over and ran off leaving Tifa behind.

A Shinra soldier was holding a still smoking gun and was now approaching toward Tifa.

Barret was already approaching to her as well but the soldier menaced him with the gun.

"You stay were you are big guy!"

"Cloud?"

Vincent had recognized his voice.

The soldier took his helmet off revealing his identity.

"Hi Vincent, never thought I was going to save you guys?!" he grinned.

"Is that what you're here for…?"

"Of course not!" he started at Tifa who was still trying to get a hold on herself as she realized Cloud was there.

"Cloud…this isn't right…"

"Shut up!" he pushed the gun at her head.

"How's that? I can kill her and you'll live a miserable life of regrets…"

"What do you want?"

"I want you dead"

That was all too obvious…he had taken everything from him…he couldn't even expect any kind of negotiation with him…but Cloud wasn't aware of Barret's boys hiding waiting just for a signal.

"Hey! Listen up! You hurt Tifa you're dead meat! Ya got that!? I'm gonna track you down to the end of your days!" Barret was menacing not knowing he'd make things worse.

"I'll just have to kill all of you then…"

"You don't have enough bullets," added Vincent.

"What do you know about that?"

"That!" Vincent pointed up.

Barret signaled when Cloud watched up where Vincent had pointed.

A shot hit Cloud's gun away but he wouldn't give up easily. He grabbed Tifa and used her as a shield.

"GET YOUR ASSLES BACK OR SHE GETS IT!"

Tifa was still tied and her efforts to free herself were useless. She bit his hand but Cloud kicked her hard on the back.

"Move it, and no more tricks!"

He was moving out from an alley and two of Barret's guys were already following him from the roofs trying not to get noticed.

Cloud was giving his best but running away carrying a person wasn't an easy task. He turned for another dark alley but he was loosing his breath and stopped a while…he heard a trigger being pulled…

Not Vincent or any of them but Tseng and he was standing in front of him with Reno.

"See! I told you it wasn't my fault!"

"Pleased to see you again Strife…really…" he smiled.

Cloud immediately pulled Tifa over.

"Put the gun down! I have Tifa…you wanted her…didn't you?"

"Not really. We wanted you and your other friend Valentine…we have no interest in the girl…"

"Kill 'em both Tseng! They made me shoot Helena!"

Tseng turned around and shot Reno in the stomach.

"You killed her!" he added angrily.

Cloud was going to take his chance now…

"Not so fast…who do you think you're dealing with?"

Cloud stared down…Tifa was about to start crying…

" …just in time so you two can die together…"

Tifa didn't say a thing she looked back at Cloud with sad eyes.

"Guess I'll meet you in the other side, eh?"

"What's that supposed to mean…think you'll end up in hell as well?"

"Well…I did cheat on you…it's still a sin… "

Cloud then felt ashamed…all he had done…until now…all the meaningless things he had done…everything he had done from the begging was only to show Tifa he was worthy…even when Aeris had died he had blamed himself…it was all so useless…what the fuck was he living for then?

Cloud jumped at Tseng who immediately shot back at him but Cloud had pulled out a knife from the uniform and fell on Tseng as he stabbed him in the neck.

Tifa got up immediately shouting at Cloud. Both covering quickly in blood.

"Cloud! CLOUD!"

She pulled his body back but his eyes were blank…she moved over horrified and started crying loud.

Yep…almost finished…I'm not sure about the final chapter yet so any suggestions? I want to thank you for the reviews and don't be afraid to scold me about anything wrong! I need to be enlighten on my errors so I can improve myself…that don't mean you gotta flame me now –U Just take it easy =D

Too many deaths, ne? ^^U Yeah…a friend told me so too…this story sound more like American Psycho by now!